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Architecture BA(Hons)

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Intro

Architecture is a rewarding and culturally important profession. Architects play a crucial role in shaping our society by not only crafting functional, responsible and aesthetically pleasing structures but also considering the wellbeing, safety and sustainability of the communities they serve.

Our Architecture BA(Hons) course provides the first step in qualifying as a professional architect — graduates are exempt from Part 1 of the RIBA examination.

You'll explore modern architectural practices, and consider how the work engages with society and its surroundings: who is it for, what informs its design and structure, and what will its legacy be?

You will engage with the full scope of architectural thinking, from aspects of applied science and technology to the humanities and fine arts.

Key facts

Location Brighton: Moulsecoomb

UCAS code K100

Full-time 3 years

Accredited by the Architects Registration Board and validated by the Royal Institute of British Architects 

Apply now with UCAS for 2024

UK top 20% for graduate earnings in architecture, building and planning subjects, three years after graduating – Longitudinal Education Outcomes 2022

Mobile cinema by Michael Holland
Student work: Michael Holland won a Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Degree Prize for his concept of giant crab-like machines that travel around the world showing amateur films.
Architecture studio as taken by pinhole camera
Student support: During your induction you’ll be taught technical skills including producing photographic prints from film, including pinhole photographs like the one shown.
Project by Alisha Gould
Student work: Alisha Gould’s Brexit-inspired final year project imagined life in 2061 and speculated how architecture would respond to these changes.
Chocolate factory by Daniel Wu
Student work: Daniel Wu’s project proposed a chocolate factory based in London’s Elephant & Castle producing chocolate infused with Latin American flavours and giving the local Latin American community a means to communicate their presence.
Brighton has a balance between the creative and technical aspect of architecture which I really enjoyed. Through this I developed a deeper knowledge of the technology of my designs along with incorporating sustainability and the RIBA 2030 challenge onto my designs, giving me a sense of the type of work I’ll be involved in when I become a qualified architect. 

Manar Abu-Aisheh, Architecture BA(Hons) degree student

Entry criteria

Entry requirements

We are looking for highly motivated and creative students. We will primarily be interested in your portfolio. If your predicted grades fall below these requirements but you can demonstrate a high-quality portfolio, you are still encouraged to apply. We will consider you on an individual basis.

A foundation diploma is not a requirement for entry – it is just one of a range of qualifications that is accepted for admission to this course.

A-levels or BTEC
Entry requirements are in the range of A-level AAB–BCC (136–104 UCAS Tariff points), or BTEC Extended Diploma DDM–DMM. Our conditional offers typically fall within this range.

International Baccalaureate
27 points, with three subjects at Higher level.

Access to HE Diploma
Pass with 60 credits overall. Art and design diploma preferred. At least 45 credits at level 3, with 30 credits at merit or above.

GCSE
At least three subjects at grade 4 or above including English language and maths.

Apolytirion
19 overall (including a 15 in maths).

English language requirements
IELTS 6.0 overall with a minimum of 5.5 in each element. Find out more about the other English qualifications that we accept.

Don’t meet these entry requirements?
Our architecture and design integrated foundation year provides an extra year of study at foundation level if you do not have the academic qualifications or experience needed for entry to this course.

Successful completion of the foundation year enables you to progress onto year 1 of our Architecture, Interior Architecture or Product Design degrees.

International requirements and visas

International requirements by country
Country name
Albania
Algeria
Argentina
Australia
Austria
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Belarus
Belgium
Bermuda
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
Bulgaria
Burma (Myanmar)
Cameroon
Canada
Chile
China
Colombia
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Ecuador
Egypt
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Ghana
Greece
Guyana
Hong Kong
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kosovo
Kuwait
Latvia
Lebanon
Liechtenstein
Libya
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macedonia
Malaysia
Malawi
Malta
Mexico
Moldova
Montenegro
Morocco
Namibia
Nepal
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nigeria
Norway
Oman
Pakistan
Palestinian National Authority
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Qatar
Romania
Russian Federation
Saudi Arabia
Serbia
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
South Africa
South Korea
Spain
Sri Lanka
Syria
Sweden
Switzerland
Taiwan
Tanzania
Thailand
Tunisia
Turkey
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United States
Uzbekistan
Venezuela
Vietnam
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe

We can help you meet our English language or academic entry requirements.

Visit our language centre

For English language preparation courses.

Visit our International College

For degree preparation courses.

Visas and immigration advice

Applying for a student visa

Check out our step-by-step guidance.

Portfolio advice 

Online portfolios are requested via the admissions portal after applications are received. Applicants will be advised where to send the portfolio to at that time. Applicants should not send or forward portfolio before this.

Your portfolio should be created on a blogging site: Carbonmade, Dropbox or Flickr. Please make sure that the portfolio is publicly viewable and does not require a log in or account to view. The portfolio should include up to 20 images of your work (.jpg). These should include preparatory drawings and studies as well as finished pieces, and be focused as much as possible on work which you are most actively interested in pursuing.

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Please note that we do not expect to see architectural work; we are looking for a variety of work in different media showing your ability to experiment and utilise different media and techniques. At least half the images should be non-computer (CAD or other) generated work. You may want to add a brief statement about your images and work, telling us more about the ideas and interests that underpin your current work, and your ambitions.

Find out more about how to create and submit your portfolio.

Flexible admissions

When you apply to Brighton we want to hear about who you are. Grades are never the whole picture; we're interested in things like creativity, resourcefulness, persistence and the capacity to think big and find new ways of doing things. And we recognise that not everyone has the same background. That's why we treat everyone who applies as an individual. We recognise many qualifications and we care about all of your achievements and the experiences you've had that set you apart.

Find out more

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Course content

Why choose Brighton?

    • Friendly studio environment, working in collaboration with other students from all years of the degree to develop your creative voice.
    • Our links with RIBA South East provide opportunities including mentoring and mock interviews with practising architects. 
    • Develop real-world skills, learning through projects with local communities and from the construction of our annual exhibition pavilion.
    • Learn with a course team of practising architects, researchers and designers who’ll inspire you to explore diverse fields in your work.
    • Showcase your work throughout the course culminating in the end of year show.
    • Focus on the issues that matter to you and develop your own attitudes as an architect and designer.
    • Combine making, drawing and building with high-level academic conceptual and theoretical work.

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Structure and study areas 

One of the amazing things about studying architecture is how broad a subject it can be. It's not just a combination of art and science, it’s a fusion of all kinds of different ways of thinking and making. You will work in a way that is both hands on and academically rigorous, combining critical and creative thinking in everything you do.

The course is organised in four subject areas: design studio, humanities, technology and professional practices.

Design Studio

You will be supported by specialist practitioners and researchers, benefitting from their expert insight. Dedicated studio spaces mean that you have a space to work from every day throughout your degree, so you will be able to maximise the ambition of your work.

Humanities

Explore the history, theory and culture of architecture. You will do this in relation to contemporary issues, learning from history not just about it. You will build knowledge of the context in which you are working as well as specialising in an area of particular interest to you. You will develop skills in critical thinking and reflection that will feed into all your studies. 

Wireframe computer model of building

Technology

You’ll learn the underlying principles of environmental science, structural engineering, and material systems, and apply these to your own design projects. You will be supported by professional architects who will share their knowledge of innovative approaches to how to construct a building.

Professional Practices

Prepare for the roles and responsibilities you will have as an architect. You’ll apply aspects such as building regulations, cost control, and planning permission to your own project, so you are ready for your first job.

Year 1 

You’ll begin by studying two modules (humanities and design) that introduce you to the culture of architecture, leading to the production of a small design and essay. Study then builds on the core design skills through slightly larger and more complex design problems in studio while introducing key technological principles.

Modules

  • Design and Communication

    This module introduces the foundational skills needed for architectural design.

    You will learn to analyse existing buildings from multiple geographic contexts, considering design in relation to materials, structures, cultures, and histories.

    You'll develop your communicative and representational skills using analysis and creative exploration, and learn to express and test your thinking on paper using a range of media.

  • Design Studio

    This module will expose you to a broad range of architectural concerns, from site context through to material construction. You will develop and expand upon investigations and skills initiated earlier in the academic year to produce a design for a small to medium sized building in response to a given brief.

  • Architectural Humanities 1

    The module introduces you to the history and theory of architecture. It pays particular attention to the development of modern architecture since the 18th century. This will include its sociopolitical, cultural, and environmental contexts as well as its relations to traditional building and non-Western architecture. You will learn to interpret writings and buildings, to develop your reading and writing skills, and to make use of the fundamental conventions of academic writing.

  • Technology: Principles

    This module introduces structural systems, construction methods, materials and environmental performance requirements fundamental to high quality spatial design and architecture today.

    You will explore the technological principles relevant to sustainable and climate responsive design, through a series of lectures and workshops, precedent analysis, model making and presentation.

    The aim is to cultivate your appreciation and understanding of various technologies as fundamental design tools within the architectural and spatial design professions.

Student walking past architectural photos

Year 2 

Modules

  • Design Studio:Context
  • Vertical Studio 1
  • Architectural Humanities 2
  • Technology: Strategies

At the start of the second year the studio focus on retrofit and re-use is supported by the technology module. The humanities module introduces current critical debates and prepares you for the research part of your dissertation.

In the second half of the year you will choose from projects (studios) that follow different briefs and methodologies, and address challenges including the housing crisis, circular economy and urban space. These studios allow you to explore different ways of working and develop new techniques and skills.

Find out more about our BA Studios.

Final year

You will work on design project incorporating technological strategies and detail drawing of your proposal. You’ll integrate technological strategies with a design project, addressing environmental performance, material selection, construction methods, structure, and sustainable design.

The humanities dissertation is based on a self-defined research project helping you identify areas you want to specialise in.

In Professional Practices you’ll learn how to address regulations, legislation and professional responsibilities by applying them to your second-year final design project.

 Your studies will culminate in your final project which you will showcase at the graduate show.

Modules

  • Design and Technology
  • Vertical Studio 2
  • Architectural Humanities 3: Dissertation
  • Professional Practices
Joe de Kadt final drawings for architecture project

Facilities 

Facilities and workshops are supported by full-time specialist technicians and include:

  • dedicated studio spaces for each group and programme
  • specialist model-making and construction workshops with equipment for fabrication in wood, metal, plastics, resins and textiles
  • photographic studios and darkroom
  • digital fabrication facilities including laser cutting and 3D printing
  • rapid prototyping, 5-axis milling and CNC routing facilities
  • PC and Mac computer suites with software including Adobe suite (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator), Vectorworks, Autodesk suite, Rhino, Blender, Maya, Cinema 4D and Premiere
  • in-house reprographic department 
  • wide range of surveying and audio-visual equipment available for loan.
Architecture workshop 360

Check out the 360 videos of our workshops and photography studio. 

Meet the team

Luis Diaz, course leader
Luis’ area of research is the interrelationship between spatial practices and spatial forms. His current research focuses on the arrival sequences in British housing as an area where both an individual user’s identity and spatial identities are formed. This research has been informed by the work of his undergraduate design studio (Studio 12) which has focused on housing for several years. The research aims to demonstrate the importance of architectural form in the framing of agency as well as providing an alternative reading of what constitutes success and failure in the history of twentieth-century housing in Britain.

Luis Diaz was co-founder of the research-based practice, Brooklyn Architects Collective, which carried out urban design research for the New York Municipal Arts Society and the Greenpoint/Williamsburg Waterfront Coalition.

Find out more about Luis.

Duncan Baker-Brown, senior lecturer 
Duncan Baker-Brown is a practicing architect as well as a senior lecturer in architecture. He has practised, researched and taught around issues of sustainable development for over 25 years and has worked on projects as diverse as The Greenwich Millennium Village in London with Ralph Erskine, the RIBA’s House of the Future, and more recently the multi-award-winning New Country House and Estate Master Plan in Hadlow Down East Sussex. Author of The Re-Use Atlas: a designer’s guide towards a circular economy, published by RIBA, he is perhaps best known for a series of thought-provoking ‘house’ projects testing issues of sustainable design and resource management including The House that Kevin Built in 2008 and the Brighton Waste House in 2014.

Podcast: Duncan talks about the FutureBuild exhibition at ExCeL, the Waste House and the circular economy.

Podcast: listen to Dr Ben Sweeting, principal lecturer, talking about the importance of architecture and his research interest in cybernetics.

Find out about the rest of the course team
Tilo Amhoff, Katy Beinart, Libby Blundell, Luis Diaz, Michael Howe, Anuschka Kutz, Sam Lynch, Pete Marsh, James McAdam, Catalina Mejia Moreno, Graham Perring, Stephen Ryan, Dr Ryan Southall, Professor Andre Viljoen.

Duncan Baker Brown outside the Waste HouseDuncan Baker-Brown outside the Waste House

Student views

Zenida Fernandes, Architecture BA(Hons) graduate 2023

"I am excited to use my skills and knowledge as an undergraduate student to contribute to the creation of new ideas that will improve and enhance the lives of those who inhabit them.  

I have thoroughly enjoyed my time studying at the university of Brighton. The tutors are very knowledgeable, helpful and are great at guiding you in the right direction with your projects. The university facilities are excellent, and I was able to make use of the library and on-campus workshop, which has helped me to expand my knowledge and develop my model making skills."

Nasko Kondakov, Architecture BA(Hons) graduate 2023

"The course prepared me for precisely what’s ahead of me – collaboration with the nature surrounding us all. In a world where sustainability and environmentalism are taking centre stage, Architecture at Brighton equipped me with the skills necessary to have a head start in the revamping industry. 

I learned a lot about spatial experiences, material consciousness, design processes, aspects of the profession which I will forever treasure. I’m excited to see what comes next."

 

 

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Zenida Fernandes' final year project Urban Oasis was influenced by the routes around Lewes, England, serving as a driving force in its conception.

Year 3 - Cross Section of Final ProjectA cross-section of Nasko Kondakov's final year project

More about this subject at Brighton

Join us at Create Your Future 2023

If you are thinking about studying a creative degree at uni, come along and have a chat to us on stand number 124 at the UCAS Create Your Future event in London today or tomorrow.

Architecture and Design end of year show and awards

Architecture and Design hosted their End of Year Show in June, showcasing the talent of our school’s creative community.

Students feature in Dezeen

Dezeen, an influential international architecture, interiors and design magazine, featured ten of our architecture and design students in a recent Dezeen School Shows article.

A day in the life of an architecture student

Read about what a typical day is like Undine Evalde as an Architecture BA(Hons) student at Brighton.

Read more from our blog

RIBA has commended the ‘innovative, exciting and engaging approach to professional studies’ throughout our school. 

Careers

Becoming an architect 

Our Architecture BA(Hons) is accredited by the Architects Registration Board (ARB) and validated by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA).

To be able to register as an architect you need to complete three stages of your studies: RIBA parts 1, 2 and 3. 

Successful completion of our Architecture BA(Hons) means you'll be awarded RIBA Part I and enables you to progress to the RIBA Part 2 or MArch course which you can also study at Brighton. From here you can continue your studies at Brighton all the way to becoming a qualified architect.

To find out more, read course leader Dr Ben Sweeting’s guide to becoming an architect on our blog. 

Find out more about our architectural courses.

  • Architecture Professional Practice Pre-Diploma
  • Architecture RIBA Part 2 MArch
  • Architecture Post Part 2 Professional Experience
  • Architecture RIBA Part 3 PGDip
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Preparing for your career 

In your career you need a combination of knowledge, skills, personal qualities and relevant experiences – and you’ll get all of this from your degree.

The course provides subject knowledge and expertise, opportunities to put what you learn into practice and work-related experience. You'll also develop transferable personal skills in teamwork, and project and time management that will be valued wherever your career takes you.

Working and collaborating with students from all years of your course, and with postgraduate and research students, is a big part of your learning experience. Guest lectures from innovative architecture practices are a regular part of school life.

In your final year, the Professional Practices module gives you the opportunity to apply what you have learned.

Through your final year project you will demonstrate your understanding of planning and building regulations, design and access statements, cost control, and health and safety. At the end of the project you will produce a report which will be an important part of your portfolio.

architecture student working in the studio

Interview speed dating

During your final year we will help you prepare for the realities of job hunting. You will get the opportunity to present yourself to professional architects in a series of mock interviews, a bit like speed dating!

You'll get interview practice and feedback on your work and interview technique, but this activity also works in a more direct way and can, and has, led to formal interviews.

RIBA mock interviews

At RIBA mock interviews practising architects give students valuable feedback

Links with industry

Our close links with RIBA South East include the opportunity to sign up with the practice mentoring scheme – which includes a series of meet ups and site visits. Plus you'll be able to get advice on CVs, interview techniques and portfolios. 

Close links with business mean that you will also have opportunities for live site visits to construction sites. 

Architecture courses are taught at our Brighton: Moulsecoomb campus which has been transformed by the Big Build, a development that has created new spaces for our students to study, live and socialise. The development became part of our architectural learning, providing a live classroom for our technical and professional practice modules.

Big Build Moulsecoomb green campus

Architect's illustration of the Big Build.

Career destinations

Our students have gone from Brighton into both local and internationally renowned practices including:

  • Allies and Morrison
  • Andrés Jaque Architects
  • de Rijke Marsh Morgan
  • Junya Ishigami
  • Norman Foster
  • Sauerbruch Hutton.

Students have also started their own studios or businesses. Others have taken a career in teaching and academia, with research study potential offered through the university’s doctoral college.

Building your employability

Outside of your course, our Careers Service is here to support you as you discover (and re-discover) your strengths and what matters to you. We are here for you throughout your university journey as you work towards a fulfilling and rewarding career.

Connect with our careers team

  • Find part-time work that you can combine with your studies.
  • Find, or be, a mentor or get involved with our peer-to-peer support scheme.
  • Develop your business ideas through our entrepreneurial support network.
  • Get professional advice and support with career planning, CV writing and interview top tips.
  • Meet potential employers at our careers fairs.
  • Find rewarding volunteering opportunities to help you discover more about what makes you tick, and build your CV.

Whatever your career needs, we are here to help. And that's not just while you are a student, our support carries on after you've graduated.

Find out more...

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Employment demand for arts graduates

The British Academy has compiled a report (May 2020) quantifying the demand for arts, humanities and social science (AHSS) skills in the workplace. It helps to answer the legitimate question of what the economic return is on undertaking a degree, both in time and money. 

According to the report:

  • As arts, humanities and social science (AHSS) graduates progress through the first ten years of their career they are able to make strong progress up the career ladder into roles attracting higher salaries
  • Arts, humanities and social science (AHSS) graduates are employed in some of the fastest growing sectors including financial services, education, social work, the media and creative industries
  • Of the ten fastest growing sectors, eight employ more graduates from AHSS than other disciplines.

This makes AHSS graduates at the heart of some of the most exciting, productive, largest and fastest-growing sectors of the UK economy.

Future skills demand

According to the report:

  • With the challenges the world is facing – climate change, global pandemics, the growth of populism – the UK needs the insights of the arts, humanities and social sciences (AHSS) as much as those from science, technology and engineering (STEM)
  • Evidence within the report shows that Arts, humanities and social science (AHSS) graduates are central to these challenges and changes – they will be vital in giving us the tools to examine and explain human behaviour, understand how society functions, learn from the past and apply those lessons to the present, and analyse the drivers and implications of a changing world and how different countries, places and cultures interact.

Fees and costs

Course fees

UK (full-time) 9,250 GBP

International (full-time) 15,900 GBP

The fees listed here are for the first year of full-time study if you start your course in the academic year 2024–25.

You will pay fees for each year of your course. Some fees may increase each year.

UK undergraduate and some postgraduate fees are regulated by the UK government and increases will not be more than the maximum amount allowed. Course fees that are not regulated may increase each year by up to 5% or RPI (whichever is higher).

If you are studying part-time your fee will usually be calculated based on the number of modules that you take.

Find out more

  • Fees, bursaries, scholarships and government funding info for UK and international undergraduate and postgraduate students
  • Student finance and budgeting while studying
  • About the university’s fees by checking our student contract and tuition fee policy (pdf).

What's included

You may have to pay additional costs during your studies. The cost of optional activities is not included in your tuition fee and you will need to meet this cost in addition to your fees. A summary of the costs that you may be expected to pay, and what is included in your fees, while studying a course in the School of Architecture, Technology and Engineering in the 2022–23 academic year are listed here.

  • Travel and accommodation costs are included for all mandatory taught residential field trips, but you’ll need to provide your own food and drink.
  • There will be opportunities to attend additional study trips or optional taught residential field trips throughout the school, but these are not required to pass your course. Normally, a contribution will be required towards expenses such as travel, entrance fees and accommodation. This will vary depending on where and how long the trip is, but you should budget around £1,500.
  • Where optional international field trips are offered, these are not required to pass your course. You should expect to budget £300–£500 for these, to cover flight, accommodation, food and entrance to museums. The total amount spent would be based on location and number of trips taken.
  • If you choose to take an optional paid placement, you’ll be expected to cover your own travel, accommodation, food and drink.
  • Some students require specialist outdoor equipment and/or personal protective equipment (PPE) and should budget up to £150.
  • You will have access to computers and necessary software; however, many students choose to buy their own hardware, software and accessories. The amount spent will depend on your individual choices, but this expenditure is not essential to pass any of our courses. Find out what free software is available from the University of Brighton.
  • Course books are available from the university, but you may wish to budget from £15 to £100 per year to buy your own copies and subscribe to design magazines.
  • In most cases coursework submissions are electronic but students may wish to print notes which would involve an extra cost.
  • Costs of up to £50 are included in the fees for students on engineering courses to pay for materials for their final year projects. On rare occasions where material costs exceed £50, they will need to be paid for by the student.

Architecture, interior architecture, design and product design additional costs

  • Students should budget around £25 for printing and binding dissertations in their final year.
  • In your first year of studies, you will need to buy a drawing and modelling toolkit. Each course will suggest a list of items of which some will be essential, and others optional. You should budget around £100–£250 for these.
  • For most courses you will need to budget between £100 to £300 per year for printing and portfolio costs. Costs will vary depending on type of printer and type and size of paper used. Some students tend to work digitally, spending more on printing and some by hand, spending more on materials so these costs vary widely between students.
  • For most courses you will need to budget between £10 and £100 for material costs per design project. Costs will vary depending on how and what you use to make models. You are encouraged to recycle used materials where possible.
  • You will need to budget between £5–£50 to exhibit work for the end-of-year show. Fundraising by the student society, BIAAS, normally helps towards this cost.

You can chat with our enquiries team if you have a question or need more information. Or check our finance pages for advice about funding and scholarships as well as more information about fees and advice on international and island fee-paying status.

Location and student life

Campus where this course is taught

Moulsecoomb campus

Two miles north of Brighton seafront, Moulsecoomb is our largest campus and student village. Moulsecoomb has been transformed by a recent development of our estate. On campus you'll find new Students' Union, events venue, and sports and fitness facilities, alongside the library and student centre.

Over 900 students live here in our halls, Moulsecoomb Place and the new Mithras halls – Brunswick, Goldstone, Hanover, Preston and Regency.

Moulsecoomb has easy access to buses and trains and to all the exciting things happening in our home city.

Two people walking past Mithras halls

Accommodation

We guarantee an offer of a place in halls of residence to all eligible students. So if you applied for halls by the deadline you are guaranteed a room in our halls of residence.

Brighton: Moulsecoomb

Halls of residence
We have self-catered halls on all our campuses, within minutes of your classes, and other options that are very nearby.

You can apply for any of our halls, but the options closest to your study location are:

  • Mithras Halls are stylish new high-rises in the heart of the student village at our revitalised Moulsecoomb campus with ensuite rooms for more than 800 students.
  • Varley Park is a popular dedicated halls site, offering a mix of rooms and bathroom options at different prices. It is around two miles from Moulsecoomb campus and four miles from the city centre, and is easy to get to by bus.

Want to live independently?
We can help – find out more about private renting.

Relaxing in halls

Modern accommodation at Moulsecoomb

Mithras halls room with a view

Relaxing in halls near the campus

Student Union social space

Student Union social space at Moulsecoomb

Local area

About Brighton

The city of Brighton & Hove is a forward-thinking place which leads the way in the arts, technology, sustainability and creativity. You'll find living here plays a key role in your learning experience.

Brighton is a leading centre for creative media technology, recently named the startup capital of the UK.

The city is home to a national 5G testbed and over 1,000 tech businesses. The digital sector is worth over £1bn a year to the local economy - as much as tourism.

All of our full-time undergraduate courses involve work-based learning - this could be through placements, live briefs and guest lectures. Many of these opportunities are provided by local businesses and organisations.

It's only 50 minutes by train from Brighton to central London and less than 40 minutes to Eastbourne. There are also daily direct trains to Bristol, Bedford, Cambridge, Gatwick Airport, Portsmouth and Southampton.

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Your course team

Your personal academic tutor, course leader and other tutors are all there to help you with your personal and academic progress. You'll also have a student support and guidance tutor (SSGT) who can help with everything from homesickness, managing stress or accommodation issues.

Your academic skills

Our Brighton Student Skills Hub gives you extra support and resources to develop the skills you'll need for university study, whatever your level of experience so far.

Your mental health and wellbeing

As well as being supported to succeed, we want you to feel good too. You'll be part of a community that builds you up, with lots of ways to connect with one another, as well having access to dedicated experts if you need them. Find out more.

Sport at Brighton

Sport Brighton

Sport Brighton brings together our sport and recreation services. As a Brighton student you'll have use of sport and fitness facilities across all our campuses and there are opportunities to play for fun, fitness or take part in serious competition. 

Find out more about Sport Brighton.

Sports scholarships

Our sports scholarship scheme is designed to help students develop their full sporting potential to train and compete at the highest level. We offer scholarships for elite athletes, elite disabled athletes and talented sports performers.

Find out more about sport scholarships.

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Find out more about how the academic year and degree courses are organised, and about learning and assessment activities you might get to grips with at Brighton. More specific information about this course is detailed in the programme specification (linked below). You can find out also about the support we offer to help you adjust to university life.

Course and module descriptions on this page were accurate when first published and are the basis of the course. Detailed information on any changes we make to modules and learning and assessment activities will be sent to all students by email before enrolment, so that you have all the information before you come to Brighton.

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Programme specification

The programme specification is the approved description of each course. They give a detailed breakdown of the content and structure of the course, and are updated following course changes.

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